El Greco
- Label
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Rhino
- Release date
- 24 Nov 1998
- Running length
- 10 tracks
- Running time
- 72:42
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Tracklist
| Track | Duration | Listeners | ||||
| 1 | El Greco: Movement I | 10:02 | 974 | |||
| 2 | El Greco: Movement II | 5:18 | 1,001 | |||
| 3 | El Greco: Movement III | 6:46 | 941 | |||
| 4 | El Greco: Movement IV | 6:24 | 2,024 | |||
| 5 | El Greco: Movement IX | 11:51 | 820 | |||
| 6 | El Greco: Movement V | 4:25 | 2,420 | |||
| 7 | El Greco: Movement VI | 7:52 | 2,152 | |||
| 8 | El Greco: Movement VII | 3:19 | 855 | |||
| 9 | El Greco: Movement VIII | 9:43 | 814 | |||
| 10 | El Greco: Movement X (Epilogue) | 7:02 | 537 |
About this album
El Greco is a 1998 classical album by Greek electronic composer and artist Vangelis (born March 29, 1943). The title is an allusion to the man who inspired the composition, Δομήνικος Θεοτοκόπουλος (Dominikos Theotokópoulos, 1541 – 1614), the Cretan-born painter and sculptor better known as El Greco.
This album is an expansion of an earlier album by Vangelis, Foros Timis Ston Greco. That album had been released in 1995, in a limited edition. For this general release, the track order was rearranged, three new tracks were added, and the album title was changed.
Vangelis composed and arranged the album, and performed all the instruments, accompanied by a choir conducted by Ivan Cassar. The music is in a Byzantine style yet sounding contemporary due to his use of synthesizers. Soprano Montserrat Caballé and tenor Konstantinos Paliatsaras make guest appearances on one movement each.
The album reached #66 in France and #74 in Germany.
This album is an expansion of an earlier album by Vangelis, Foros Timis Ston Greco. That album had been released in 1995, in a limited edition. For this general release, the track order was rearranged, three new tracks were added, and the album title was changed.
Vangelis composed and arranged the album, and performed all the instruments, accompanied by a choir conducted by Ivan Cassar. The music is in a Byzantine style yet sounding contemporary due to his use of synthesizers. Soprano Montserrat Caballé and tenor Konstantinos Paliatsaras make guest appearances on one movement each.
The album reached #66 in France and #74 in Germany.
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